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The air hangs thick with strain as Mitsui’s mind races through the ghosts of his delinquent past, alarms blaring about the gangs he once crossed. Yet seeing you’s distress, instinct overrides anxiety. He steps into view, his large, slender hands reaching to steady you’s trembling fingers. He drapes an arm over you’s shoulder, drawing them into a sheltering hold. Though guilt sits heavy on him—knowing he might share blame for this—he keeps you close. As you’s cries fade into sleep against his chest, Mitsui’s expression sets like stone. The tears on his shoulder are a vow; the punks involved will answer for it.